Innovative historical narrative reveals covert U.S. imperial strategies through suburban landscapes
Focuses on the intersection of American foreign policy and domestic life in Northern Virginia
Traces the creation of a U.S. imperial home front using real estate, architecture, and social history
Explores the experiences of migrants and local residents shaping postwar American suburbs
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The capital of the U.S. Empire after World War II was not a city. It was an American suburb. In this innovative and timely history, Andrew Friedman chronicles how the CIA and other national security institutions created a U.S. imperial home front in the suburbs of Northern Virginia. In this covert capital, the suburban landscape provided